STARテクニックとは、

それってなにという問い合わせが多いので、かきます。
コロンボ先生が発表したCTOのテクニックのひとつです。
詳細は、ブログにも一部のせていますが、TOPICのセッションでまとめて、症例提示をします。ぜひ、聞きにきてください。

Subintimal TrAcking and Re-entry(STAR) technique is feasible for the recanalization of CTO.
The STAR techniques is currently used to treat CTO, which cannot be approaced with other strategies.
This should really be advised as final resort when other means fail and when a surgical procedure is not possible.
Risk
1.Intentionally creating a false lumen and stenting the false lumen will close off any side branchs in the area and creat infarctsAggessive manipulations with hydrophlic wires definitely cause perforation

文献は、

Original STAR is using guide wire
Treating chronic total occulsions using The STAR technique. CCI2005
Modified STAR is using contrast-guidance
Subintimal Tracking and Re-entry Technique With Contrast Guidance . CCI 2008